Forward Deployed Engineer

Morgan Pinnacle Group; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship available

Relocation assistance available

Competitive equity package

Hybrid schedule (three in-office days)

Job summary

Morgan Pinnacle Group seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer in San Francisco, hybrid, with 3–6 years of experience to embed with portfolio companies, shipping agentic software into live operations and owning outcomes from implementation through optimization.

You will build production systems that create lasting impact across a portfolio of software businesses, and partner with senior leaders to ensure adoption and success. Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance available.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in full-stack, customer-facing software or product engineering, or Forward Deployed Engineering.
• Strong full-stack development skills using TypeScript or Python, React, SQL.
• Experience shipping production LLM or agentic software with evaluation frameworks and outcome tracking.
• Prior embedded or customer-facing engineering experience in deployment-focused roles.
• Strong business instincts and ability to translate operational challenges into technical solutions.
• Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco, CA.
• Comfortable traveling 2–3 days per week to portfolio company locations.

Responsibilities

• Embed with portfolio companies to understand operating models, build trust, and identify leverage for agentic software.
• Build integrations, prompts, evaluation frameworks, and UIs to deploy initial agentic workflows.
• Operate and optimize deployed systems after launch, adjusting autonomy levels and handoffs.
• Serve as the primary technical partner for business leaders, setting expectations and ensuring adoption.
• Capture deployment patterns and develop reusable playbooks for future implementations.

Skills

Full-stack development

Customer-facing software

Forward Deployed Engineering

TypeScript

Python

React

SQL

LLMs / agentic software

Embedded engineering

Business acumen

Travel willingness

Tools

LLMs / Foundation Models

Agentic Workflows

Evals

Snowflake

Databricks

Apache Iceberg

Event-driven Systems

Job description

Forward Deployed Engineer

Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

Full-Time

Compensation: $185,000–$240,000 base salary + competitive equity

About the Role

We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer with 3–6 years of experience to embed directly with portfolio companies, ship agentic software into live operations, and own outcomes from implementation through ongoing optimization.

This is a Palantir-style Forward Deployed Engineering role at a rapidly growing software holding company. You're not writing decks—you'll be building production systems that create lasting impact across an entire portfolio of software businesses.

What You'll Do

• Embed with portfolio companies to understand their operating models, build trust with operators, and identify the highest-leverage workflow opportunities for agentic software.

• Build integrations, prompts, evaluation frameworks, and user interfaces to deploy the first agentic workflows using the company's core platform.

• Operate and optimize deployed systems after launch, adjusting autonomy levels and ensuring smooth handoffs once solutions are stable.

• Serve as the primary technical partner for business leaders, setting expectations, building trust, and ensuring successful adoption.

• Capture successful deployment patterns and develop reusable playbooks that accelerate future implementations across the portfolio.

Required Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in full-stack, customer-facing software or product engineering, or Forward Deployed Engineering.

• Strong full-stack development skills using:

  • TypeScript or Python

  • React

  • SQL

• Experience shipping production LLM or agentic software, including evaluation frameworks, autonomy controls, and outcome tracking.

• Prior embedded or customer-facing engineering experience (such as Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or similar deployment-focused roles).

• Strong business instincts with the ability to understand operational challenges and translate them into technical solutions.

• Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco, CA.

• Comfortable traveling 2–3 days per week to portfolio company locations.

Technical Environment

• TypeScript

• Python

• React

• SQL

• LLMs / Foundation Models

• Agentic Workflows

• Evals

• Snowflake

• Databricks

• Apache Iceberg

• Event-driven Systems

About the Company

Our client is a rapidly growing software holding company focused on acquiring, building, growing, and holding exceptional vertical market software businesses for the long term.

Rather than operating as a traditional financial firm, the company is led by technology entrepreneurs passionate about building great software. They partner with founders who have spent years deeply understanding their customers and markets, providing a long-term home for their businesses while continuing to invest in future growth.

Backed by $250M in Series B funding, the company maintains a permanent capital base with a long-term investment horizon and is committed to growing its portfolio rather than preparing businesses for resale.

Founded in 2024, the organization has grown to approximately 85 employees and continues to expand rapidly.

Additional Information

• Hybrid schedule with a minimum of three days in the office each week (four preferred).

• Competitive equity package.

• Visa sponsorship available.

• Relocation assistance available.